They face, in the city of Oporto, in Estádio do Dragão, the local formation, FC Porto, and the visitor’s formation of Marítimo. The home team is at the top of the leaderboard, with 36 points added,

while the visitors score 27 points and remain in fifth place. This will be the first clash between the two teams this season.

The team led by Sérgio Conceição has been having a good season, following the leadership of the national championship, having managed to stay in the Champions League and,

keeping up with the Portuguese Cup and League Cup to play. The team is still in the lead of the NOS League, in an even point with Sporting, and in case of victory,

will always remain as the first classified. The team has the best attack and best defense of the game, coming from another excellent game phase, with three consecutive victories and with 14 goals scored in only three matches.

As for the Maritimo, after a somewhat depressed start to the season, given that he did not qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage (which would certainly not have such a good domestic season),

has been doing a good race in the championship, following behind the chronical teams candidates for the first places and having one of the best defenses of the race,

with only 10 goals conceded, although also it is a team that scores few goals (about one per game).
Prediction Porto vs Maritimo:

Although the players are the most scoring team in the competition and with better offensive dynamics, we can not ignore that the island formation is also one of the most consistent teams from a defensive point of view,

which will cause serious problems to the locals, unless the Madeiran defense is on a less positive day than usual.

Thus, I see a close encounter, with Porto having difficulties in unlocking the marker, leading me to predict a few games of goals.